"This book was published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition arranged by the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University entitled 'Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism.' The dates for the exhibition were January 21- March 26, 2017." -- Title page verso.
Contents:
Preface -- Foreword -- Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism -- Sources and resources -- Acknowledgments
Summary:
Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism explores and assesses the art and life of the iconic Pacific Northwest modernist painter and printmaker who engaged with American and European modern art from Surrealism to Post-Modernism. Based in Portland, Oregon, Louis Bunce maintained strong ties with artists of the New York School, counting Jackson Pollock as colleague and friend. In his fifty-year career, Bunce (1907-1983) created a wide-ranging body of work that both reflects and illuminates twentieth-century modernism. He pioneered serigraphy as a fine art in the Northwest and as a painter infused painterly abstraction with references to the topography and light of the Northwest. -- Provided by distributor.
